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Friday, 27 February 2015

National Conference on 27th March 2015

Following from:

NMKRV COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN

Autonomous Institution

3rd Block,
Jayanagar, Bangalore-560 011

DEPARTMENT OF Journalism and Communication

About
the college and the Department

The NMKRV College for Women has
been a pioneer in providing value based education for nearly four decades. The
College is a pioneer to start a subject like Journalism as a cognate subject in
1979 when nowhere else such a course existed. In 2012, a PG course in
Journalism and Mass Communication was started.

This year the Department has envisaged a novel idea
of conducting a National Conference for media students and faculty members on
27th March 2015. We are also planning to bring out a research
publication.

About
the Conference

Media and culture are interrelated. In all eras,
cultural values shape the way media are created, used, and controlled. This
will lead to further questions about the role of culture in our media today.
How does culture shape our media and mass communication? The Conference intends
to critically analyse the relationship of media and culture in the contemporary
scenario. The objective of the conference is to provide a platform for
bringing together scholars, and practitioners to discuss the developments in contemporary
media. The idea takes into cognizance the significance of multiple linkages of
interdisciplinary and critical scholarship in the field of media and culture. FOR PAPERS

Theme of the Conference

Media
and Culture: Contemporary Scenario

Sub Themes

1.Indian
Culture and Media

2.New
Media and Culture

3.LPG
and Indian Media

4.Films
and Culture

5.Advertisements
and Cultural Impact

6.Media,
Culture and Politics

7.Media,
Culture and Development

Call for Papers

Abstract
not exceeding 250 words typed in Times New Roman, font size 12, with 1.5
spacing, should be mailed to nmkrv.mediaconference@gmail.com
before 03.03.2015.

The
acceptance of the abstract is intimated on 05.03.2015.Full
paper should be submitted on or before 14.03.2015.

Only
the authors of the papers are allowed to do the presentation of his/her paper.

Paper
with more than three authors is strictly not accepted.

A
softcopy of the full paper (not exceeding 5000 words or 12 pages) should be
submitted (specification: A4 size, MS-Word 2003 format, Times New Roman font
with heading in font size 14 and the remaining text of size 12 with spacing 1.5
as a single file).

The
paper should include the title, author’s name, mailing address, telephone number
and e-mail address in the first page.

The
paper should be based on an original research work that has not been published.

The
selected papers will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality and
relevance to the conference.

Registration

For
Faculty Members : Rs. 1000/-

For
Research Scholars: Rs. 500/-

For Students: Rs. 200/-

Accommodation
will be provided to the external delegates only on request on or before 15th
March 2015.

About Me

I worked as a professional journalist for over three decades. I began as a sub-editor with Pune’s daily Sakaal (1969-70) and worked with United News of India (1971-87), The Indian Post (1987-90) and The Observer of Business and Politics (1991-2000). I shifted to academics in 2001 as Professor and Head, Department of Communication and Journalism (DoCJ), University of Pune. My doctoral thesis and later UGC-funded study was on web editions of Indian Newspapers. After retirement in 2007, I was at the Mudra Institute of Communications Research, Ahmedabad, for a year. Here we studied viewers of Aastha channel’s live telecast of Swami Ramdev Baba, Use of Internet for Loksabha elections, and features of mobile handsets. I have been associated also with University of Mumbai, University of Calcutta, North Maharashtra University, and Indira Gandhi National Open University. I became Adjunct Faculty and Research Co-coordinator at FLAME School of Communication, Pune, in December 2009. I am an adjunct faculty also at DoCJ, University of Mumbai. Here I am Principal Investigator of UGC-funded Major Research Project on Language of English Newspapers of India.